1996, Cilt 12, Sayı 2, Sayfa(lar) 105-114
Pathological and Bacteriological Studies on Mastitis in Goats
M. Kemal Çiftçi1, Şenay Berkin2, Hüdaverdi Erer1, Osman Erganiş3, M. Münir Kıran1, Fatih Hatipoğlu1, Y. Selim Sağlam4
1S.Ü. Veteriner Fakültesi Patoloji Anabilim Dalı, KONYA
2A.Ü Veteriner Fakültesi Patoloji Anabilim Dalı, ANKARA
3S.Ü Veteriner Fakültesi Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, KONYA
4Hayvan Hastalıkları Araştırma Enstitüsü, ERZURUM
Keywords: Goal, mastitis, pathology, bacteriology
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In this study. clinic, bacteriologic and pathological examinations were performed on udders of 500 goats slaughtered at Konya and Beyşehir abattoirs for mastitis. Mastitis was detected in 55 goats (11 %), 1 0 (2 %) of which had clinical mastitis, and 45(%9) of which had subclinical mastitis. Coagulase (+) Staphylococcus (38,2 %), coagulase(-) Staphylococcus (11.8 %), Corynebacterium spp (23.5 %), E. coli (14.7 %). Yeast (5.9 %) and Fla-vobacterium spp.(5.9 %)were isolated from the milk samples taken from udders with mastitis. 66 udder lobes taken from these goats histopathologically revealed mastrtis and galactophoritis catarrhalis acuta (8 lobes), mastitis and ga-lactophoritis catarrhalis subacuta (2 lobes). mastitis and galactophorflis catarrhalis chronica (40 lobes), mastitis and galactophoritis catarrhalis chronica (5 lobes) and mastitis interstitialis nonpurulenta (11 lobes). Supramammar lymph nodes had lymphadenitis simplex (4 cases). lymphadenitis chronica (9 cases). lymphadenitis hyperplastica(20 cases) and fibrosis (4 cases).